How To Make Small Talk
John Wilson reflects on the delicate balancing act of making – and safely redirecting – casual conversation, highlighting the rewards and risks of small talk.
John Wilson
John Wilson
Casts & Crew
John Wilson
Kyle MacLachlan
Also Directed by John Wilson
Vimeo hires a struggling documentarian to document a festival he can't get into.
A beginner’s guide to a lifetime of pleasure.
The first day of class at the New York Reality TV School.
Take a peek behind the curtain of HBO's How To With John Wilson. Director John Wilson and executive producer Nathan Fielder discuss the origins of the series and break down the famous bread scene.
John Wilson offers a unique history of New York’s hideous yet sprawling network of overhead “protection” otherwise known as scaffolding – and contemplates what it might take to reduce its nearly 300-mile eyesore presently overtaking the city.
To thank his elderly landlord for all the times she has cooked and cleaned for him, John attempts to make her favorite dish.
John attempts to make sense of the intricacies - and fairness practices - behind the complex art of splitting the check.
In this engrossing and hilarious documentary, Wilson puts it all on the line to investigate the televised performances of justice and New York (the latter by Los Angeles, of course).
How to live a long life filled with regret.
In 2010, an obsessed gamer designed the perfect game of Sim City. Achieved through a repeating pattern of clustered high rises, “Magnasanti” exposes the hellish consequences of top-down civic design. In his new documentary, John Wilson explores how New York City is creeping closer and closer to realizing this fictional metropolis.